Sum Of Dim And Sum Of Dat

Yesterday I joined some friends for dim sum at Oriental Pearl. I love dim sum eating but rarely go since it requires a group to experience it to the fullest. It might not have been the best choice of pre-hashing meals, but dammit it was good.

How much do I really love people? If I had been cut off from people for 20 or 30 years — totally cut off — I would love to hear the yelling upstairs, the screaming of the children, the barking dog, the loud record player, I would not want it to shut off as I went to sleep, bit would save it even as I dozed off.

To all who have helped me — Thanks.

Hot August Nights
No, the air conditioning has not failed (thankfully), but the term “hot August nights” can best describe how I felt at Turner Field on Friday night as I started to sweat while sitting still.

I thoroughly enjoyed watching this version of the Braves get beaten by the San Francisco Giants, although admittedly the game was sloppily played by both squads.

Early Morning Shooting, Early Lunch, Missed Hashing, Odd Cooking
That about sums up Saturday.

I met with a group of Flickrites in Little Five Points for an early morning photoshoot. L5P might be the location I’ve been to the most with my camera, so I decided to change things up a bit and see things differently through a 10mm-20mm super-wide lens; the results were mixed.

After the initial shoot we meandered over to the West Side where we dropped into Gear Revival, where I scored some wool socks for 20% off and buy two pair get one pair free, followed by lunch at Six Feet Under West Side.

I napped through the hash start time. Whoops!

I decided I was going to cook dinner instead of going out so I whipped up a sausage/shrimp jambalaya. This was a new recipe for me, and I didn’t follow it exactly so the results were mixed. I am interested to see how some of the leftovers hold up as my lunch today.

ITP Flickr Pic
On Friday night I went to the Braves game. I had the wrong lens with me, and since I was in the company of others I decided not to roam the stadium looking for shots.
However, prior to the game’s start the San Francisco bullpen marched right past us on their way to the bullpen. Wrong lens and all I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to take a shot at the player who (must either be a rookie getting hazed, or had lost a bet) was wearing this pink backpack. He had another teammate a few yards back decked out in a purple one as well.

Sunday Was A Hashing Day However
Yesterday was the annual running of the Black Sheep Lyons’ Run, which is put on by a bunch of Leos.

We started near Panola Mountain in the land destroyed by developers, including those who ran out of money leaving nothing but clear-cut land and paved cul-de-sacs. Thanks for that!

The trail was going swimmingly until the pack reached a nearly unsolvable check-point. The hares swore there were plenty of marks from the check, but at least ten of us were unable to solve the puzzle. Luckily we were able to locate trail again instead of having to get picked up and driven to then end, a la last year’s Lyons’ Run. Our efforts to make it in to the end were rewarded with a river ending, the same location that the Pinelake hash used for their ending for their 1000th hash (which happened on my 41st birthday).

Now that I’ve been reacquainted with that location I will be dragging my camera gear out there for a little shooting sometime in the near-ish future.

This Should Come As No Surprise
There is a new version of TextExpander available today. I hope this one works.

Looking For Audiobook Recommendations
The other day I put a call out to the Twitterverse which fell upon deaf keyboards. Can you help?

I will have a lot of alone time coming up very soon. Further, there will be no way for me to update my iPod with podcasts, so I assume that I will run out of listening material (not taking into account the days worth of CDs that I have loaded onto it). I’m contemplating purchasing some audiobooks to ensure that not a single moment of undesired quiet time occurs. Can you recommend audiobooks that I should consider purchasing?

And now for some ideas stolen from LiveJournal…Current Mood – okay, but realizing that I have so much to doCurrent Music – Sirius Satellite Radio, Channel 26 playing Okkervil River — “Lost Coastlines”Website Of The Day – You know that I need help with my language skills, like getting phrases correct. That’s why I love The Phrase Finder.Exercise (b)Log – hashing, ~4 milesMonthly Foot Mileage – 9 milesMonthly Wheel Mileage – 50 milesMode Of Transportation To Work – My carMonthly Marta Rides – 0Consecutive Days Of Bed-Making (Longest Streak) – 25 (110)Books To Read To Earn Kindle – 4

August Goals
1) Run/Walk no fewer than 75 miles
2) Ride no fewer than 150 road miles
3) Ride Marta no fewer than ten times (five round-trips)
4) Read at least two books
5) Make my bed every day

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Audiobooks – Allan’s mom buys tons of them on CD – it all depends on what kind of book interests you, so we borrow them from her. But, you can go to your local library, borrow them for free, download them into your syatem, and you will have a bunch of choices.

I like the pink backpack picture, and just imagining what bet he musst have lost.

No canning was done – too damn busy all weekend. But mtn bike riding yesterday at Bear Creek was well worth getting nothing else done, it was a beautiful day. None tonight either, helping my old neighbor (and Sal’s) move some stuff to the new house in Roswell, and that will take most of the evening. That’s what we get for having the big truck.

Kat’s party was fun, John did a great job smoking a bunch of pork. Since you are leaving this week, and we won’t be back in time, Allan won’t be able to do the tune-up in time for you to do the Wilson. (unless, you want to find time to drop it off, and we could get it somewhere for you to pickup after your trip). We are leaving Wed 8/27. I don’t know how much John knows about road bikes, but I’m sure he could make it better than it is if you ask him.

I was actually one of the people at APG meeting #1. I go there sporadically, mostly because I dig the food at Elliott Street and I am good friends with many of the photogs. The atmosphere is good if your gig is to shoot people and don’t mind working your way in to get “the shot.”